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Friday
March 28th, 2025
8:00 - 9:00 | Arrival & Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10 |
Welcome
9:10 - 10:00 |
Nanoscale Session
Nanoscale Session
Leopold Green, Ph.D. | Purdue University
Design Principles of DNA Origami for Cell Membranes Interfacing
Eden Tanner, DPhil. | University of Mississippi
Bioinspired Ionic Liquids: Leveraging Chemistry to Achieve Targeted Drug Delivery
Anastasia Varanko | Vanderbilt University
A Regulatory T-cell Targeted Protein Nanocarrier for Cancer Immunotherapy
10:00 - 10:10 | Break
10:10 - 10:45 |
3-Minute Thesis Competition
Jordan Berezowitz | University of Kentucky
Genotoxic Effects of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles in Endometrial Cancer Cell Models
Sydney Bone | University of Alabama in Huntsville
Liposomes as a Platform for CD40 Ligand Presentation for the Purpose of Feeder-Free B Cell Activation
Sydney Henriques | Vanderbilt University
Bait and Switch: Exploiting Macrophage Behavior as a Cancer Treatment
Daniel Hinrichsen | University of Cincinnati
3D In-Vitro Model of Human Neurovascular Unit to Study Traumatic Brain Injury
Hayden Pagendarm | Vanderbilt University
STING-Agonist Conjugated Bispecific Albumin/PD-L1 Targeted Nanobody Antigen Fusions Demonstrate Potent Antitumoral Effects
Sirjana Pun | University of Cincinnati
Leveraging a 3D bioprinted Microphysiological system of glioblastoma to investigate novel therapeutic delivery approaches: focused ultrasound and adeno-associated virus
Keshav Shah | Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
Enzymatically-Degradable Hydrogel Microcarriers and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Licensing Modulate Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Secretome
Amelia Soltes | Vanderbilt University
Optimization of siRNA Nanoparticles with Custom Surfactants for Osteoarthritis Treatment
Priyavrat Vashisth | University of Mississippi
Ionic liquid-coated gold core polymeric nanoparticles for selective neutrophil hitchhiking and targeted endometriosis treatment
10:45 - 11:30 |
Poster Session #1
11:30 - 12:00 | Lunch
12:00 - 1:10 |
Microscale Session
Microscale Session
Brittany Givens, Ph.D. | University of Kentucky
Recent Advances In Endometrial Cancer Treatment Using Drug Delivery Systems
Daniel Gonzales, Ph.D. | Vanderbilt University
Polymer neural interfaces for simultaneous electrophysiology and imaging in vivo
Xiaowei Li, Ph.D. | Washington University in St. Louis
Angiogenic Biomaterials to Support Tissue Regeneration
Ryan Cree Miller | Georgia Institute of Technology
Microfluidic Assembly of Mitochondria-Loaded Microparticles for On-Demand Delivery and Boosted Bioenergetics
1:10 - 2:10 |
Special Topics Session
Special Topics Session
Brittany Givens, Ph.D. | University of Kentucky
Biomaterials For Public Health Transformation
Briana Simms, Ph.D. | University of Cincinnati
Research and Entrepreneurship: Translating science from the benchtop and into the community
2:10 - 2:25 | Break
2:25 - 3:45 |
Macroscale Session
Macroscale Session
Jonathan Brunger, Ph.D. | Vanderbilt University
Engineered cell-material interactions to instruct tissue regeneration and repair
Olga Liaudunskaya, Ph.D. | University of Cincinnati
Cell-specific mitochondria dysfunction after moderate injury in human 3D in vitro brain model
Briana Simms, Ph.D. | University of Cincinnati
Design and synthesis of next generation lipid nanoparticles for therapeutic delivery
Mariah Bezold | Vanderbilt University
Hybrid Shear-thinning Hydrogels as an Injectable Delivery Platform for Repair of Diabetic Skin Wounds
Karina Bruce | University of Cincinnati
Engineering of degradable linkers to improve oxidative sensitivity of thioketal-based biomaterials for regenerative medicine applications
3:45 - 4:45 |
Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker
Andrés García, Ph.D. | Georgia Tech
Synthetic Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine
4:45 - 5:30 |
Poster Session #2
Poster Session #2
5:30 - 7:30 |
Reception and Awards Ceremony (6:15)
Reception and Awards Ceremony (6:15)
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